Improvement in name-fasteners



E. BRADLEY.

Hame Fasteners.

N0.124,323. P atentedMarch 5,1872.

EVERAL BRADLEY, OF FARM VILLAGE, NEW YORK.

IMPRQVEMENT IN HAME-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.1'24,323,'duted March 5, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERAL BRADLEY, of Farm Village, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blame-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a hamefastening, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which 7 Figure 1 is afront View, and Fig. 2 a bottom view of my hame-fastenings.

A and B represent the two main parts or castings of the fastening, eachpart being provided at one end with a hook, (I, to hook into the two parts of the hame, said hooks being afterward clinched, to prevent them from comin g off. The part A is slightly curved so as to conform to the shape of the breast of the horse, and along its inner side projects a shield, (J, downward, to protect the working parts of the fastening. From the inner end of the shield (J an ear, 12, projects outward, and at the outer end thereof ispivoted an angular lever, D, the long arm of which is intended to close up against the shield, while the smaller arm at the same time is following the ear b.- This smaller arm, marked (7, is shaped like a hook, and in the ear I) is a notch, e, corrresponding with the bend in said hook. The long arm of the lever D has a bend at w, as shown. The

part or casting B of the fastening is curved to correspond with the part A, andfrom its inner edge project downward two or more L- shaped hooks, f f, the points of which are toward the fastening-hook a. The two parts A B being attached in the manner described to the hames, and it is desired to fasten the hames, the lever D is thrown outward, and either one of the hooks f placed in the bend 00 on the same; by forcing the lever inward again in the position the resistance of the hames causes the hook f to slide on the lever until it enters the hook d and notch 6, when the hames are securely fastened, for the strain now being on the smaller arms or hook d, the lever cannot get out of position, unless the longarm thereof is taken hold of to bring it out, which is the operation for unfastening the hames.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The casting A, provided with hook a, shield O, and ear I), with notch c, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The casting B, provided with the hook a at one end, and with two or more L-shaped hooks, f, projecting downward from its inner edge, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the casting A, having hook a shield O, and ear I) with notch e, the lever D with hooks d and bend or, and the castin g B with hooks a and f f, all. constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 1

EVERAL BRADLEY.

Witnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, J. V. WHITE. 

